Overalls or trousers.



Patented- Aug. 22, I399.

I. RUSSAKOV. DVEBALLS on TROUSERS.

(Application filed Dec. 31, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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ISAAC RUSSAKOV, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

OVERALLS OR TROUSERSi SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO.631,408, dated August 2 2, 1899-.

Application filed December 31, 1897. $erial No. 664,841. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC RUSSAKOV, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Overalls orTrousers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements inv overalls or trousers, andwhile it is more especially intended to be used in the manufacture ofthe former, yet it is applicable, with slight modifications, totrousers; and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction,novel arrangement, and operation of the various parts thereof, as willbe hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide overalls or trouserswhich shall be stronger and more durable than such garments ordinarilyare and of such a construction as to render it impossible for them torip in the back, and, second, to provide overalls with a bib or apronwhich may be extended upwardly to protect the clothes of the wearer or,when desired, may be folded within the waistportion of the garment.These objects and others, which will appear in the descriptionhereinafter contained, I attain by the peculiar construction andcombination of parts shown in the drawings.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionpertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it,referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a frontperspective View of a portion of a pair of overalls embodying myinvention, showing the bib turned downwardly and within the waistportion of the garment. Fig. 2 is a similar View of a like portion,showing the bib raised or extended. Fig. 3 is a rear perspective view ofthe overalls, showing the construction thereofto prevent ripping in theback and illustrating the manner of securing the back and front portionstogether; and Fig. 4 is a rear view in elevation of the upper portion ofa pair of overalls embodying my invention and illustrating the partscomposing the bib as being unbuttoned.

Similar letters refer to like parts through out the different views ofthe drawings.

A represents the legs of the overalls, which, as shown, are providedwith seams a on their adjacent surfaces,butin the present casehave noexternal seams. This, however, is immaterial,as they may sometimes bemade with external seams also. Secured to the upper rear portion of thelegs A is a single piece B, which extends, as shown, from the crotch I)upwardly over the thighs or hips and has on each side straps b and b tobe secured around the waist, as will be presently explained. The frontportionof the material composing the legs is extended upwardly above thewaistline and forms the flaps C and C of the apron or bib, one of whichflaps is provided with a fly c, having'the buttonholes c for thereception of buttons 0 secured on the other flap.

Secured to the upper portion of each of the flaps C and C is a loop orring a to engage hooks d on the suspenders D, which are secured at theirrear ends to the single piece B by means of rings or loops (1 on saidpiece engaging hooks d on buckles attached to the suspenders. Each ofthe straps b and b is provided with buttons 11 and b to engagebuttonholes 12 located about the waist-line and at the outer edges ofthe portions C and C, which compose the upper front portion of thegarment and bib or apron. The strap 1) is provided near its end withabutton b to engage the bnttonholes c and c in the meeting edges of theflaps C and C, while the end of the strap b is provided with abuttonhole b to engage the button 0 on the flap C, as is apparent.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawings it will be seen andclearly understood that by employing the continuous piece B at the backof the garment there will be no seam therein extending above the crotch,which construction will render this portion of the garment, which isunder great strain, from ripping, which so oftenoccurs inthe ordinaryconstruction. This piece B is so cut and placed that the warp and weftthreads thereof will be diagonal to the longipositions of the body. Itis also apparent that by buttoning the button 0 on the strap 1) throughthe holes 0 and c and securing the strap b on the button 0 the garmentwill be secured snugly around the waist, when the flaps O and Ccomposing the bib or apron may be raised to the position shown in Figs.2 and 3 of the drawings and there secured on the hooks (l of thesuspenders, or, if it is desired, the said flaps may be turned inwardlyand downwardly over the straps Z2 and Z) and the front ends of thesuspenders secured to the buttons 12 and Z), which are buttoned throughthe holes therefor in the outer edges of the flaps of the bib. As thestraps b and b extend forwardly and are secured at their ends it isevident that when the edges of the flaps C and 0', having thebuttonholes b, are disengaged from the said straps the latter will beretained in position and will not fall down or outwardly.

Vhile that portion of my invention consist- I ing of the continuouspiece at the back of the garment is more especially designed foroveralls or trousers, yet it is evident that it is applicable also todrawers.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, a pair of overalls or trouserscomprising the leg portions A, and the continuous piece 13, secured tothe thigh or hip parts and crotch of the leg portions, the warp and weftthreads thereof being diagonal to the longitudinal axis of the garment,and having at its upper ends the straps Z1, and 12 provided withengaging means at the front portion of the garment for supporting thesame, substantially as described.

ISAAC RUSSAKOV. Witnesses:

CHAS. C. TILLMAN, E. A. DUGGAN.

